“The Prime Minister, the patron in chief of cricket, and the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, a man who has contributed much towards interfaith harmony…”
“Interfaith harmony is not his beat.”
“OK but is there anyone, and I mean anyone in federal or provincial government, past and present, who has actually met with the Pope?”
“No, but I have it on good authority that our Punjab Chief minister has sought an audience and they are…”
“Stop it, Maryam Nawaz has not, I repeat not, sought an audience. Now if he was resident in Switzerland where her doctor…”
“Don’t be facetious. Anyway, the decision not to play with India but to enter the tournament does not reflect, how can I put, thinking it out for possible eventualities. I mean if this is Plan A then…”
“Be respectful, you stupid idiot. Anyway granted that India is number 1 in world rankings, and we are fourth among five in ODI team ranking though we are not amongst the top 5 in test ranking…”
“How many teams compete? 12?”
“Yes so take out the percentage which is 33.3 percent and…”
“And the percentage will achieve what? Sorry I just remembered you work for the Ministry of Finance, and they deal with percentages as totals are so bad…”
“Be quiet. Anyway so if we do not play India then India will get the points right, and we might slip from 4 to I am not sure how much lower cause our players get demoralized rather quickly and then the batters go down like ten pins…”
“Hey the expression is nine pins.”
“But the players are 11 aren’t they!”
“Right and may I make another observation.”
“Make sure its upbeat because my friend as you and I both know hope is a dish best served cold.”
“The correct expression is revenge is a dish best served cold.”
“Well Ramadan is coming, and you know this is the month when the government has to gas shed- - -for…”
“I warned you. You want my take…wait I will give you my take whether you want it or not. We took the right decision not to play India in solidarity with the Bangladesh team, but they were 10 in ODI rankings and 9 in test rankings and so…”
“Would it not have been better not to play at all. I mean, with only 10 teams playing…”
“The stakeholders who took the decision…”
“I concede the best short term decision ever but…”
“You are playing with fire.”
“Gas shedding where I live keeps me cold so….”
“Dear Lord.”
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